US5185921A - Method of making a string of cathodic protection anodes - Google Patents

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US5185921A US07/787,249 US78724991A US5185921A US 5185921 A US5185921 A US 5185921A US 78724991 A US78724991 A US 78724991A US 5185921 A US5185921 A US 5185921A
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  • This invention relates generally as indicated to a cathodic protection anode and connector; more particularly to a tubular anode and connection; and also to a method of making a continuous lead wire string anode using such connector.
  • Tubular anodes are widely used in cathodic protection, and may be formed of a variety of materials such as high silicon cast iron, graphite, carbon, magnetite, steel, titanium, niobium, and tantalum and alloys thereof. Titanium tubular anodes with mixed metal oxide exterior coatings are now employed. These tubular anodes are relatively long, yet of small diameter and fairly thin walled.
  • mixed metal oxide anodes are used in deep or surface ground bed applications to protect pipelines, underground storage tanks, etc. from corrosion.
  • a compression tool is used to establish an electrical connection from cable to anode at either one or both anode ends.
  • problems associated with corrosion and ultimate penetration of these anode walls results in anode loss due to connection failure. This is extremely critical in the case of multiple anodes assembled on strings whereby one anode penetrated results in loss of succeeding anodes on the string.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 there is disclosed an embodiment wherein the wedge parts are drawn together by a threaded stud, and a nut/cinch assembly. While this embodiment may have utility in fairly large internal diameter tubes, in a smaller and long tube it would have little practical utility.
  • the present invention comprises then certain improvements in an anode and wedge connection such as seen in prior U.S. Pat. No. 4,515,669.
  • a tubular anode includes an electrical connector formed of a diagonally split two-part generally cylindrical slug.
  • the diagonal slit provides an elliptical wedge interface between the two parts and a jack screw is threaded in one part and extends through an enlarged hole in the other. Tightening the jack screw within the tube causes the two parts to offset and wedge against the inside of the tube.
  • the two parts include an aligned slot which intersects the major axis of the elliptical interface and a lead wire or cable is electrically secured to one of the parts within its slot.
  • the slot is configured to press the lead or cable against the interior of the tube.
  • the lead wire for a string anode extends through the slot of the other part.
  • tubular anodes In the formation of an anode string the tubular anodes are threaded onto unspooled insulated wire or cable, a short portion of the insulation is removed at each connector location, and with the tubular anode offset, a connector is secured to the bare wire. The tube is threaded over the connector and the connector locked in place.
  • the connector may be encapsulated by filling the interior with a potting compound or sealant. The connector and process is particularly useful with relatively small diameter titanium tubular anodes.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a connector in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a front elevation of the connector as seen from the line 2--2 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a transverse section of the connector as taken from the plane of FIG. 1 or normal to FIG. 2, and showing a wire or cable connected thereto;
  • FIG. 4 is a similar section illustrating the relative movement of the two parts
  • FIG. 5 is a similar section illustrating the connector secured inside the anode
  • FIG. 6 is a horizontal section through the anode above the connector as seen from the line 6--6 of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a longitudinal section broken away of a center connected anode in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of the process steps involved in utilizing the connector of the present to form an anode string.
  • FIGS. 5, 6, 7 and 8 The tube alone is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 while the connector with the lead wire or cable attached is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • the connector 12 comprises a two-part generally cylindrical slug which is diagonally split as indicated at 14 to form a first or one part 15 and a second or other part 16.
  • both parts are provided with an aligned channel or slot 18 which is formed by the channel or slot 19 in the first part and the slot or channel 20 in the second part.
  • the aligned slots 19 and 20 also have a center axis of alignment which intersects the major axis of the elliptical interface shown at 22 between the two parts created by the diagonal slit 14.
  • the edges of the aligned channels are relieved as indicated by the flats at 23 to permit the cable or wire to project beyond the circle of the cylinder to bear against the tube when the connector is tightened.
  • the second part 16 is provided with an axial tapped hole seen at 26 in which is threaded a jack screw 27 which is provided with an enlarged cap 28 having a hexagonal socket 29. While threaded into the second part, the jack screw extends with clearance through enlarged hole or slot 30 in the first part 15.
  • the hole 30 is an enlarged slot which is extended in the same direction as the major axis of the elliptical interface 22.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate the continuous lead or cable shown at 32 electrically secured at 33 in the channel 19 of the one or first part 15.
  • the lead or cable may be secured in such channel by soldering, brazing, or even exothermic welding.
  • the lead or cable simply extends through the slot 20 in the other part.
  • the connector is inserted with close clearance into the interior of the tube 10, preferably to the center or midway between the ends of the tube.
  • a suitable hex driving tool is then employed to rotate the jack screw causing the two parts to move relative to each other along the diagonal elliptical wedge interface with the two parts wedging or bearing firmly against the interior of the tube as illustrated.
  • Such tightening of the jack screw forces the lead or cable 32 and the brazed connection 33 directly against the interior wall of the tube.
  • the jack screw has been suitably torqued the cable or lead is electrically connected to the anode.
  • the interior of the anode may preferably be filled with a special high dielectric sealant or potting compound indicated at 36.
  • the anode may be filled with such sealant simply by plugging one end and pouring it in from the opposite end with the sealant in liquid condition running through the connector as indicated in FIG. 7 at 38.
  • the sealant simply runs through the enlarged jack screw slot as indicated at 39 and through the clearance slot as indicated at 40.
  • the sealant may be placed by pouring from both ends in two steps or injected into one or both ends. When the sealant solidifies the connector is encapsulated within the interior of the anode.
  • the lead 33 may be a No. 6 or No. 8 dual jacketed cable which is normally provided with a relatively heavy exterior jacket 42 and an interior jacket 43, the latter being KYNAR insulation material.
  • KYNAR® is a registered trademark of Pennwalt Corporation of Philadelphia, Penn.
  • the exterior jacket is removed from a point inside the ends of the anode and the interior jacket is removed from the cable or lead at the brazing area or as the cable passes through the slots of the connector.
  • a secure center connected anode for small diameter thin walled titanium tube and the like As an example, the drawings are at about twice the scale of such tubing, and a single anode may be about four feet in length.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a method of forming an anode string using the thin walled tubular titanium, niobium or tantalum anodes of the present invention and the connector of the present invention.
  • a length of cabling 42 is unspooled and a series of tubular anodes 10 are simply threaded thereover.
  • a short length of insulation is removed as seen at 46 and the connector 12 is brazed to the cable.
  • the tubular anode which has been offset is then simply moved in the direction of the arrows 48 to thread the tubular anodes over the connectors secured to the cabling until the connectors are in the center of the anode.
  • the connectors are then tightened down and the anode filled with sealant to encapsulate the connector in the center of the anode.
  • a string of center connected anodes can easily be formed without cutting the conductor and without crimping or physically damaging the anode in any way.
  • the present invention then provides a screw lock connector which can easily be centrally located inside the tubular anode body and which when tightened compresses the anode lead wire to the body of the anode.
  • the anode is filled with the high dielectric sealant material and this provides an effective center connected anode which alleviates problems which may be caused by the use of a compression tool to establish an electrical connection from the cable to the anode at either one or both anode ends.
  • the invention is particularly useful with the small diameter thin walled titanium, niobium or tantalum tubular anodes with the oxide exterior coating, the invention is also useful with other types of tubular anodes.
  • the two parts of the connector may readily be fabricated from a conductive slightly malleable metal or alloy such as brass, copper, zinc, aluminum or steel.

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A tubular anode includes an electrical connector formed of a diagonally split two-part generally cylindrical slug. The diagonal slit provides an elliptical wedge interface between the two parts and a jack screw is threaded in one part and extends through an enlarged hole in the other. Tightening the jack screw within the tube causes the two parts to offset and wedge against the inside of the tube. The two parts include an aligned slot which interests the major axis of the elliptical interface and a lead wire or cable is electrically secured to one of the parts within its slot. The slot is configured to press the lead or cable against the interior of the tube. The lead wire for a string anode extends through the slot of the other part. In the formation of an anode string the tubular anodes are threaded onto unspooled insulated wire or cable, a short portion of the insulation is removed at each connector location, and with the tubular anode offset, a connector is secured to the bare wire. The tube is threaded over the connector and the connector locked in place. The connector may be encapsulated by filling the interior with a potting compound or sealant. The connector and process is particularly useful with relatively small diameter titanium, niobium or tantalum tubular anodes.

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This is a division of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/690,657 filed on Apr. 4, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,090,924.
DISCLOSURE
This invention relates generally as indicated to a cathodic protection anode and connector; more particularly to a tubular anode and connection; and also to a method of making a continuous lead wire string anode using such connector.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Tubular anodes are widely used in cathodic protection, and may be formed of a variety of materials such as high silicon cast iron, graphite, carbon, magnetite, steel, titanium, niobium, and tantalum and alloys thereof. Titanium tubular anodes with mixed metal oxide exterior coatings are now employed. These tubular anodes are relatively long, yet of small diameter and fairly thin walled.
These mixed metal oxide anodes are used in deep or surface ground bed applications to protect pipelines, underground storage tanks, etc. from corrosion. A compression tool is used to establish an electrical connection from cable to anode at either one or both anode ends. During anode operation, problems associated with corrosion and ultimate penetration of these anode walls results in anode loss due to connection failure. This is extremely critical in the case of multiple anodes assembled on strings whereby one anode penetrated results in loss of succeeding anodes on the string.
In prior U.S. Pat. No. 4,515,669 dated May 7, 1985 there is disclosed a wedge type electrical connection which has been quite successful and widely used in relatively large diameter tubular anodes such as high silicon cast iron anodes. In such patent, FIGS. 8 and 9, there is disclosed an embodiment wherein the wedge parts are drawn together by a threaded stud, and a nut/cinch assembly. While this embodiment may have utility in fairly large internal diameter tubes, in a smaller and long tube it would have little practical utility.
Also, if a string anode is formed with the wedge connection of such prior patent, separate leads are required from anode to anode, requiring two lead connections, one to each part of the wedge connection. It would be advantageous if a continuous lead wire could be employed in a string with each anode connected electrically but once to the wire.
The present invention comprises then certain improvements in an anode and wedge connection such as seen in prior U.S. Pat. No. 4,515,669.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A tubular anode includes an electrical connector formed of a diagonally split two-part generally cylindrical slug. The diagonal slit provides an elliptical wedge interface between the two parts and a jack screw is threaded in one part and extends through an enlarged hole in the other. Tightening the jack screw within the tube causes the two parts to offset and wedge against the inside of the tube. The two parts include an aligned slot which intersects the major axis of the elliptical interface and a lead wire or cable is electrically secured to one of the parts within its slot. The slot is configured to press the lead or cable against the interior of the tube. The lead wire for a string anode extends through the slot of the other part. In the formation of an anode string the tubular anodes are threaded onto unspooled insulated wire or cable, a short portion of the insulation is removed at each connector location, and with the tubular anode offset, a connector is secured to the bare wire. The tube is threaded over the connector and the connector locked in place. The connector may be encapsulated by filling the interior with a potting compound or sealant. The connector and process is particularly useful with relatively small diameter titanium tubular anodes.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends the invention, then, comprises the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the following description and the annexed drawings setting forth in detail certain illustrative embodiments of the invention, these being indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of the invention may be employed.
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FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a connector in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front elevation of the connector as seen from the line 2--2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a transverse section of the connector as taken from the plane of FIG. 1 or normal to FIG. 2, and showing a wire or cable connected thereto;
FIG. 4 is a similar section illustrating the relative movement of the two parts;
FIG. 5 is a similar section illustrating the connector secured inside the anode;
FIG. 6 is a horizontal section through the anode above the connector as seen from the line 6--6 of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a longitudinal section broken away of a center connected anode in accordance with the present invention; and
FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of the process steps involved in utilizing the connector of the present to form an anode string.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring now to the drawings there is illustrated the tube of the anode at 10 and the electrical connector therefor at 12. The tube is shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 7 and 8. The connector alone is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 while the connector with the lead wire or cable attached is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
Referring intially to FIGS. 1-4 it will be seen that the connector 12 comprises a two-part generally cylindrical slug which is diagonally split as indicated at 14 to form a first or one part 15 and a second or other part 16. In the position seen in FIGS. 1 and 2 both parts are provided with an aligned channel or slot 18 which is formed by the channel or slot 19 in the first part and the slot or channel 20 in the second part. The aligned slots 19 and 20 also have a center axis of alignment which intersects the major axis of the elliptical interface shown at 22 between the two parts created by the diagonal slit 14. The edges of the aligned channels are relieved as indicated by the flats at 23 to permit the cable or wire to project beyond the circle of the cylinder to bear against the tube when the connector is tightened.
The second part 16 is provided with an axial tapped hole seen at 26 in which is threaded a jack screw 27 which is provided with an enlarged cap 28 having a hexagonal socket 29. While threaded into the second part, the jack screw extends with clearance through enlarged hole or slot 30 in the first part 15. In the illustrated embodiment the hole 30 is an enlarged slot which is extended in the same direction as the major axis of the elliptical interface 22.
Referring now to FIGS. 3 and 4, such figures illustrate the continuous lead or cable shown at 32 electrically secured at 33 in the channel 19 of the one or first part 15. The lead or cable may be secured in such channel by soldering, brazing, or even exothermic welding. As indicated at 34 the lead or cable simply extends through the slot 20 in the other part.
As can be seen in comparing FIGS. 3 and 4, when the jack screw 27 is tightened down, the two parts of the connector move along the wedge interface and the part 15 becomes axially offset from the part 16 forcing the cable or wire against the inside of the tube.
In operation, the connector is inserted with close clearance into the interior of the tube 10, preferably to the center or midway between the ends of the tube. A suitable hex driving tool is then employed to rotate the jack screw causing the two parts to move relative to each other along the diagonal elliptical wedge interface with the two parts wedging or bearing firmly against the interior of the tube as illustrated. Such tightening of the jack screw forces the lead or cable 32 and the brazed connection 33 directly against the interior wall of the tube. When the jack screw has been suitably torqued the cable or lead is electrically connected to the anode.
As seen in FIG. 7, once the connector is secured in the center of the anode the interior of the anode may preferably be filled with a special high dielectric sealant or potting compound indicated at 36. The anode may be filled with such sealant simply by plugging one end and pouring it in from the opposite end with the sealant in liquid condition running through the connector as indicated in FIG. 7 at 38. The sealant simply runs through the enlarged jack screw slot as indicated at 39 and through the clearance slot as indicated at 40. Alternatively the sealant may be placed by pouring from both ends in two steps or injected into one or both ends. When the sealant solidifies the connector is encapsulated within the interior of the anode.
Also as seen in FIG. 7 the lead 33 may be a No. 6 or No. 8 dual jacketed cable which is normally provided with a relatively heavy exterior jacket 42 and an interior jacket 43, the latter being KYNAR insulation material. KYNAR® is a registered trademark of Pennwalt Corporation of Philadelphia, Penn. The exterior jacket is removed from a point inside the ends of the anode and the interior jacket is removed from the cable or lead at the brazing area or as the cable passes through the slots of the connector. In any event, as seen in FIG. 7 there is provided a secure center connected anode for small diameter thin walled titanium tube and the like. As an example, the drawings are at about twice the scale of such tubing, and a single anode may be about four feet in length.
FIG. 8 illustrates a method of forming an anode string using the thin walled tubular titanium, niobium or tantalum anodes of the present invention and the connector of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 8 a length of cabling 42 is unspooled and a series of tubular anodes 10 are simply threaded thereover. With the anode 10 offset as indicated at the top of FIG. 8, a short length of insulation is removed as seen at 46 and the connector 12 is brazed to the cable. The tubular anode which has been offset is then simply moved in the direction of the arrows 48 to thread the tubular anodes over the connectors secured to the cabling until the connectors are in the center of the anode. The connectors are then tightened down and the anode filled with sealant to encapsulate the connector in the center of the anode. In this manner a string of center connected anodes can easily be formed without cutting the conductor and without crimping or physically damaging the anode in any way.
It can readily be seen that the present invention then provides a screw lock connector which can easily be centrally located inside the tubular anode body and which when tightened compresses the anode lead wire to the body of the anode. After the connection is effected, the anode is filled with the high dielectric sealant material and this provides an effective center connected anode which alleviates problems which may be caused by the use of a compression tool to establish an electrical connection from the cable to the anode at either one or both anode ends.
While the invention is particularly useful with the small diameter thin walled titanium, niobium or tantalum tubular anodes with the oxide exterior coating, the invention is also useful with other types of tubular anodes. The two parts of the connector may readily be fabricated from a conductive slightly malleable metal or alloy such as brass, copper, zinc, aluminum or steel.
Although the invention has been shown and described with respect to a preferred embodiment, it is obvious that equivalent alterations and modifications will occur to others skilled in the art upon the reading and understanding of this specification. The present invention includes all such equivalent alterations and modifications, and is limited only by the scope of the claims.

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1. A method of forming a string anode comprising a series of anodes, each having an electrical connection to a wire, said method comprising the steps of unspooling insulated wire, threading tubular anodes having an interior wall onto the wire, selecting the location of the connection of each anode along the wire, removing a short portion of insulation at such located connection to provide a short section of bare wire while the respective anode is axially displaced, electrically securing the bare wire to one part of a two-part generally cylindrical connector, threading the respective anode over the connector, and then securing the connector to the interior of the respective anode by driving the two parts of said two-part generally cylindrical connector oppositely transversely against the interior wall of the anode to provide an electrical connection between the wire, two part connector and tubular anode.
2. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said connector includes a diagonal wedge interface between the parts, and the step of securing the connector is obtained by jacking the two parts toward each other.
3. A method as set forth in claim 2 wherein said two-part connector includes an axial exterior slot, the short section of bare wire being secured to one of said parts in said slot.
4. A method as set forth in claim 2 wherein said anodes are thin walled metal anodes of uniform diameter throughout, and said parts of the connector are interconnected by a screw jack, said screw jack being torqued from an open end of the respective anode.
5. A method as set forth in claim 3 including the step of securing the wire by brazing, and driving the brazed wire connection against the interior wall of the tubular anode.
6. A method as set forth in claim 5 including the step of encapsulating the electrical connection within the interior of the anode.
7. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tubular anodes are thin walled uniform diameter metal anodes with a mixed oxide coating.
8. A method as set forth in claim 7 wherein said metal is selected from the group of titanium, niobium, or tantalum.
9. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of driving also drives the bare wire against the interior wall of the anode.
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